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No Lawyer? There's Help...
You can find help at the Clerk's Office at any courthouse. BUT...
Workers in the Clerk's Office can't take sides
or give legal advice.
They Can:
•Explain court rules and procedures.
•Explain available options for your case or problem.
•Provide past case rulings.
•Provide cites to, or copies of, the law.
•Explain public court operations and jobs.
•Describe court records and their availability.
•Provide public case information.
•Tell you how to make a complaint.
•Refer you to other offices or persons.
•Provide forms with instructions.
But They Can't:
•Suggest the procedures you should follow.
•Provide opinions about which option to chose.
•Predict what the court will do.
•Analyze the law based on the specifics of your case.
•Provide information derived from the decision-making
process.
•Provide access to sealed or confidential case records.
•Provide confidential case information.
•Give opinions about your complaint.
•Make referrals based on personal preference.
•Provide or suggest the information to enter on forms.
If you need help and don't know if you can get it:
Please ask. Court staff will be happy to try to
help. Some courts and community organizations have special
offices for helping people who don't have a lawyer.
Here is a list of their addresses and telephone numbers (by
county in alphabetical order):
Bronx County
Supreme Court Office for the Self-Represented
851 Grand Concourse, Room 121
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 618-1350
Housing Court Resource Center
Kings County (Brooklyn)
Supreme Court Office for the Self-Represented
360 Adams Street, Room 145
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(347) 296-1740
Housing Court Resource Center
Red Hook Community Justice Center
New York County (Manhattan)
Supreme Court Office for the Self-Represented
60 Centre Street, Room 116
New York, NY 10007
(646) 386-3025
Housing Court Resource Center
Harlem Community Justice Center
Queens County
Supreme Court Self-Represented Information Office
88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 109
Jamaica, NY 11435
(718) 298-1024
Housing Court Resource Center
Richmond County (Staten Island)
Supreme Court Office for the Self-Represented
18 Richmond Terrace, Room 103B
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 390-5135
Housing Court Resource Center
927 Castleton Avenue, Room 404
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 390-5418
http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/resourcecenter.shtml
Nassau County
Nassau Supreme Court
Court Information Center
100 Supreme Court Drive, 2nd Floor
Mineola, NY 11501
(516) 571-3291
Suffolk County
Library Resources for the Public Program
Supreme Court Law Library
400 Carleton Avenue, 4th Floor
Central Islip, NY 11722
(631) 853-6064
Westchester County
Office for the Self-Represented
Supreme Court Law Library
111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,
9th Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 824-5209
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